Modify windows so they go all they way down?

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  • Herr Faust Schinken
    No R3VLimiter
    • Feb 2012
    • 3580

    #16
    Originally posted by asdfg68plus1
    Are they interchangeable?? and I thought 88+ was a late model, and I have an 88...
    so do i , i have early regulators so you do too
    88 325is Five Speed
    Lachssilber

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    • einstein57
      R3V OG
      • Jun 2007
      • 10780

      #17
      Originally posted by Todd Black 88
      Iirc the early cars use a different regulator that doesn't allow the windows to completely go in the doors. The late models use a different regulator that allows them to sink completely in the doors.
      That's the way it is on my cars. M3 doesn't go in all the way, cabby does.

      I dunno
      Do verts and coupes even use the same glass and regulator?

      IIRC my windows go all the way down

      Last edited by einstein57; 09-30-2012, 10:10 PM.
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      • oldmann
        Wrencher
        • Oct 2011
        • 265

        #18
        This is an easy one, Remove the door panel, lower the window all the

        way, look for the plastic block that stops the window at the bottom,

        remove the block and remove as much material as you need to get the

        window down all the way, don't remove too much at a time.

        Got tired of the dent in my elbow/arm and dug into it, not a difficult task.

        91 318i by the way.
        Last edited by oldmann; 10-02-2012, 04:10 AM. Reason: more info

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        • slippery
          Grease Monkey
          • Nov 2011
          • 373

          #19
          Will be trying this next weekend. Thanks for the tip,

          J

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          • vpilarrt
            R3VLimited
            • Jun 2006
            • 2096

            #20
            If its a late model be aware that the plastic block is on the back side of the drive mechanism. Its held on by a bolt that is visible on the front side in a slotted hole but the slot doesn't give you enough adjustment to allow the window to go down far enough. Do not remove so much material that the top edge of the window goes below the seal on the door.

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            • nando
              Moderator
              • Nov 2003
              • 34827

              #21
              my late model windows go all the way down?
              Build thread

              Bimmerlabs

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              • kamotors
                R3V OG
                • Nov 2007
                • 7102

                #22
                my late model windows go all the way down as well. but in my friends 85 and 88 E they dont go below the black trim piece and they cut into your arm.


                7speedshop.com

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